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Adam Tendler -- Photo by Lila Barth

5 Questions to Adam Tendler (pianist)

After his father’s unexpected passing, pianist Adam Tendler received an envelope of cash from his st...
Author
Anne Goldberg-Baldwin
Peni Candra Rini -- Photo by Matt Mehlan courtesy of Roulette Intermedium

Peni Candra Rini Weaves History, Legend, and Memory in a Stunning Performance at Roulette

With a journal in her lap, sitting on the stage floor at Roulette Intermedium on Sep. 16 — legs cros...
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Donna Lee Davidson
Darian Donovan Thomas -- Photo by Oscar Moreno

Darian Donovan Thomas Charts a Visceral Journey in “A Room with Many Doors”

In his debut album, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and interdisciplinary artist Darian Donovan Tho...
Author
Michelle Hromin
Mazz Swift -- Photo by Erika Kapin Photography

The Debut Album from Mazz Swift is a Full Circle Moment, Creatively and Personally

As a child, Mazz Swift would introduce themselves as a violinist – even though they had never touche...
Author
A. Kori Hill
William Brittelle -- Photo by David A. Gray

On William Brittelle’s “Alive in the Electric Snow Dream,” Nostalgia Meets Sci-Fi Dystopia

There are no overt samples or references to other works in William Brittelle’s Alive in the Electric...
Author
Christian Kriegeskotte
Nathalie Joachim -- Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien

Nathalie Joachim Delves into Heritage and Cultural Memory on “Ki moun ou ye”

On Ki moun ou ye, Grammy-nominated musician and composer Nathalie Joachim chronicles the beauty of s...
Author
Dalanie Harris
Awadagin Pratt -- Photo courtesy of the artist

Awadagin Pratt Challenges Resistance Between New Music and the Canon

Awadagin Pratt does not stay still, but he doesn’t rush. Whether as a pianist, as an educator at the...
Author
A. Kori Hill
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Spektral Quartet Journeys into the Inner Unknown with “Behind the Wallpaper”

Spektral Quartet and singer Julia Holter’s new album, Behind the Wallpaper (released March 3 on New...
Author
Lauren Ishida
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Editor’s Picks: 2022 New Music Albums

For me, 2022 was a paradoxical year filled with confusing contradictions. I attended significantly m...
Author
Amanda Cook
Molly Joyce -- Perspective

Molly Joyce Centers the Voices of the Disability Community on “Perspective”

On her second album, Perspective — released October 28 on New Amsterdam Records — Molly Joyce takes...
Author
Forrest Howell
Phong Tran--Photo by Jesse Butcher

ListN Up: Phong Tran (October 28, 2022)

ListN Up is a series of artist-curated playlists that offer an intimate sonic portrait of contempora...
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JIJI--Photo courtesy of the artist

5 Questions to JIJI (guitarist, composer, arranger)

Guitarist, composer, and arranger JIJI is most known for her striking performances on both the class...
Author
Ciyadh Wells
Kalia Vandever--Photo by D.M. Stith

Kalia Vandever on the Precipice of “Regrowth” and Self-Actualization

The process of becoming is just as much about the losses as it is about the wins and the neutrality...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
Editor's Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

Editor’s Picks: 2021 New Music Albums

I think this is finally the year where I knowingly sacrifice I CARE IF YOU LISTEN’s SEO, becau...
Author
Amanda Cook
Phong Tran's de_dust2 from The Computer Room

Video Premiere: de_dust2 from The Computer Room by Phong Tran

For anyone old enough to remember the birth of the internet, the room in the house where that endear...
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Through Lines by Molly Herron and Science Ficta

Molly Herron’s “Through Lines” Inspects the Viol with a Contemporary Eye

Composer Molly Herron explores a vast landscape of musical and temporal intersections in Through Lin...
Author
Tracy Monaghan

Video Premiere: “Gloria” from Mass for the Endangered

Ranging from architectural to celestial, the video album of Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Mass for t...
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I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Seth Parker Woods--Photo by James Napoli

5 Questions to Seth Parker Woods about Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine

Wild Up’s premiere studio recording of Julius Eastman’s Femenine on New Amsterdam Records is the beg...
Author
Donna Lee Davidson
Francisco del Pino--Photo courtesy New Amsterdam Records

Album Premiere: Decir by Francisco del Pino

The tender soprano voice of Cecilia Pastorino gently floats over placid instrumental soundscapes and...
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Arooj Aftab and Badi Assad perform

Video Premiere: “Diya Hai” Performed by Arooj Aftab and Badi Assad

The dreamy soundworlds of Arooj Aftab are defined by patience–never hurried, her richly orname...
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Numinous The Grey Land

The Grey Land: Joseph C. Phillips Jr. Captures the Essence of Modern Black America

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. composes with no limitations. Undefined by any genre, the 2016 American Compo...
Author
Jasmine IVANNA Espy
2020 albums

Editor’s Picks: 2020 Contemporary Classical Albums

If this year has delivered any sort of message about our field, it’s that artists will inevita...
Author
Amanda Cook
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The Unheard Mixtape 1: Follow to the End Celebrates Experimentation and Black Expressive Culture

If there is a defining characteristic of 21st century classical composition, it’s a blurring o...
Author
A. Kori Hill
Joseph C. Phillips Jr.--Photo by Jenny Wohrle

5 Questions to Joseph C. Phillips Jr. (Numinous founder & composer)

Joseph C. Phillips Jr. is a composer who defines his own work as “mixed music,” a style...
Author
Clover Nahabedian
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